Continuing Lecturer Crystal Chang

My research examines the role of the state in late industrialization through the lens of China's efforts to modernize its auto industry, which has recently emerged as a global leader in electric vehicles. I currently teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Global Studies and Political Economy. 

Education

2011, PhD, Political Science, UC Berkeley

2000, Master's of Pacific International Affairs, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego

1997, B.A., International Relations, Minor in Chinese, Stanford University

Research Areas

Comparative Political Economy, Chinese Politics, Gender and Capitalism, East Asian History in the 20th Century, Silicon Valley's Innovation Ecosystem

Contact Information

101 Stephens Hall

crystalchang@berkeley.edu

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Publications

“China: Green Technologies, Brown Processes,” in John Zysman and Mark Huberty (eds.), Can Green Sustain Growth? From Religion to Reality of Sustainable Prosperity, Stanford, California: Stanford Business Books, 2013.

“Center-Local Politics and the Limits of China’s Production Model: Why China’s Innovation Challenge Is Overstated”, in Dan Breznitz and John Zysman (eds.), The Third Globalization: Can Wealthy Nations Stay Rich in the Twenty-First Century? New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.

“China and South Asia: Strategic implications and economic imperatives,” with Lawrence Sáez, in Lowell Dittmer and George Yu (eds.), China, the Developing World, and the New Global Dynamic, Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Press, 2010.

"The political economy of global firms from India and China,” with Lawrence Sáez, Contemporary Politics, 15(3): 265-286, 2009.